House vs. Hurricane

House Vs. Hurricane is an Australian post-hardcore band from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, formed in 2006. The band released their debut studio album, Perspectives in March 2010. The band's second studio album, Crooked Teeth was released in July 2012 and peaked at number 20 in the ARIA Charts.[1]

House Vs. Hurricane
OriginMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
GenresPost-hardcore, metalcore, electronicore (early)
Years active2006–2013, 2014, 2017–present
LabelsEl Shadai, Shock, UNFD
MembersRyan McLerie
Chris Shaw
Sam Osborne
Dan Casey
Past membersDylan Stark
Drew Allen
Chris Dicker
Liam Disher
Adam Meyers
Joey Fragione

Biography

2006–2009: Early years and Forfeiture

The band formed in the suburb of Bayswater in Eastern Melbourne, Victoria and were initially named Beyond Mine, aiming to meld their differing musical influences (post-hardcore acts such as Alexisonfire, Thrice, Saves the Day, Chiodos, alternative rock band Circa Survive, avant-garde such as Björk, and hardcore in the vein of As Cities Burn.[2]

House vs. Hurricane gained national attention when they won the 2008 Battle of the Bands competition which featured 144 bands from all over Australia.[3] They subsequently recorded and released their first extended play (EP) entitled Forfeiture through El Shaddai Records. A music video was made for its title track, directed by Ryan Chamley and shot in the decommissioned Old Geelong Gaol.[4]

House Vs. Hurricane embarked on their first major tour in May 2008 supporting metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada on their Australian tour.

In mid-2008 drummer Liam Disher was kicked out, and bassist Adam Meyers also left after the Severed Ties tour with The Amity Affliction. In February 2009 Drew Allen and Sam Osborne joined the band as the new bassist and drummer, respectively.

House Vs. Hurricane announced via their MySpace page that they were currently writing new material for their upcoming full-length studio album, which was planned to be recorded by the end of 2009[5] and flew to United States in November 2009 to record their debut album with producer Brian McTernan.[6] They spent six weeks recording at McTernan's Salad Days studio in Baltimore.

Two months after joining House Vs. Hurricane bass player Drew Allen decided to leave the band. He was replaced by Dylan Stark of the band A Fallen Theory. As seen in the "Salad Days Studio Diaries" series (posted on YouTube), the band continuously calls him "Dildo", as well as hazing him frequently. Drummer Sam Osbourne also commented that Stark is very quiet.

2010–2013: Perspectives, Crooked Teeth and break up

In January, House Vs. Hurricane signed with Australia's Shock Records and released their debut studio album, Perspectives, on 5 March 2010.

In January 2011, the band posted Joey Fragione and Chris Dicker had left the band.[7][8]

In December 2011, it was announced that Mclerie would become a permanent member of the band Antiskeptic, however, Mclerie would still remain a full member of House Vs. Hurricane. Speaking on his addition to Antiskeptic, vocalist Andrew Kitchen stated that, "we wouldn't even think of asking them (Mclerie and new bassist Tavis Wardlaw) to break off from either of their homes so to speak... I told Ryan that it was much much less of a commitment than House Vs Hurricane. We're not looking at getting back to the days of fifty gigs in a year, we're just looking at bringing it back to maybe ten or fifteen depending on what opportunities come up." [9]

In July 2012, the band's second studio album Crooked Teeth was released. The album peaked at number 20 on the ARIA Charts. At the AIR Awards of 2012, the album was nominated for Best Independent Hard Rock or Punk Album.[10]

On 11 June 2013, House vs. Hurricane announced that they were breaking up, and played their last show on 1 December 2013 in Adelaide.

2014: One off performances

On 16 July 2014, it was announced that House vs. Hurricane would be reuniting for a show at the BANG! club in their hometown of Melbourne, taking place on 30 August 2014.[11] This was followed by other events throughout 2014.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]

2017–present: reunion and Filth

House vs. Hurricane performed at the Unify Festival in Gippsland in January 2017. It was their first performance in over two years.[25][26]

On 8 January 2017, the band released "Give It Up", their first new song in almost five years. In June 2017, the band released their third studio album, Filth.

Band members

Current members

Past members

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums
Title Details Peak chart positions
AUS
[1]
Perspectives —
Crooked Teeth
  • Released: July 2012
  • Label: We Are Unified (UNFD016)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
 20
Filth
  • Released: June 2016
  • Label: We Are Unified (UNFD090)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
 99

EPs
Title Details
Forfeiture

Awards

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
AIR Awards of 2012[10][27] Crooked Teeth Best Independent Hard Rock or Punk Album Nominated

References
  1. Peak positions for albums in Australia:
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  8. Kotsios, Natalie (7 December 2011). "EV 'experience' leads to stardom". Knox Weekly. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
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  10. "NOMINATIONS: 2012 Jagermeister Independent Music Awards". Australian Independent Record Labels Association. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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  22. Foster, Rob. "House Vs Hurricane announce second Sydney show | News". Killyourstereo.com. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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  24. "Log In or Sign Up to View". Facebook.com. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  25. "Unify Tickets go on sale tomorrow June... - House VS Hurricane - Facebook".
  26. Sievers, Alex. "House Vs Hurricane Drop New Song, 'Give It Up', Just In Time For Unify". Killyourstereo.com. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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